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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the answer to number 39 part of the preparation?
(a) To aid in the raising of walls.
(b) To produce tools and nails.
(c) To produce tools and scaffolding.
(d) To aid in the construction of the roof.

2. From where did much of the new lumber come?
(a) Somme.
(b) Bavaria.
(c) Burgundy.
(d) Chantilly.

3. Once the foundation is completed what are begun?
(a) The sculptures.
(b) The walls.
(c) The floor tiles.
(d) The Pews.

4. What halts construction for five months?
(a) A terrible storm.
(b) A volcanic eruption.
(c) The winter.
(d) An earthquake.

5. William has much experience working on other cathedrals in _______________________.
(a) France, Brussels, and Italy.
(b) France, England, and Germany.
(c) France, Italy, and England.
(d) France, Germany, and Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Workmen reach the scaffolding by using ______________ built into the walls of the cathedral.

2. The space between piers is filled with tracery. What is tracery?

3. ______________, stone tracery and sixty-foot high windows, rises sixty feet for a total vertical rise of 160 feet.

4. Why do the people of Chutreaux decide to honor God by building a new cathedral?

5. Is Chutreaux, France a real place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are used to remove some of the strain placed on the walls?

2. Who makes the tools?

3. What does the floor plan show?

4. What takes place during the winter months?

5. How long has the cathedral been under construction at this point in the book?

6. What is first approved by the Bishop and the Chapter?

7. Describe the mortice-and-tenon construction method. How is this used in the construction of the cathedral?

8. Who is in charge of Chutreaux? How do they deal with the hiring of the architect for this new cathedral?

9. How do the flying buttresses work?

10. Describe the excavation of the foundation.

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